1. Thursday, Feb. 26
“Blitzkrieg”

2. Essential Question
How was Europe affected by the actions of major countries before war broke out?
Objective
I will create a Facebook profile for one country to analyze their perspective on the build up to WWII.

3. Visualize it… Watch this presentation about the first actions of WWII…
What do you notice?
Why is Hitler so successful early on?

4. Facebook Activity
We are starting a new activity today where you will analyze ONE country’s perspective and create a facebook profile to represent them
Materials Needed:
Book
turn to page 566 “ROAD TO WAR”
Blank Template

5. All Countries Germany Austria You will be assigned ONE of these: Italy
Soviet Union
Great Britain
France
Poland
United States
You will be assigned ONE of these:

6. Facebook Template

7. REQUIRMENTS Draw the FLAG of the country you ARE in the first box.
Record all the information about YOUR country in the box beneath your flag.
Draw the flags of your ALLIES beside the name of each country.
Now you are ready to begin your dialogue on Facebook. You may chat w/ your allies OR other countries involved. However, be sure to “unfriend” them after you are done with that conversation.
You will have 8 topics to converse about.
Draw the flag representing the country “chatting”
In your “conversation” box...be sure to have a conversation showing an understanding of each concept, who it pertains to and why it’s relevant to WWII.
Keep the 8 topics IN ORDER as they are on the template!

8. Germany
France
Austria
Soviet Union
Italy:
until 1944
Poland
Great Britain: until 1939
(Appeasement only with Germany)
United States

9. Sample: Germany Information Friends Conversation Notice all parts
Think about your country’s perspective
Conversation
Different countries respond for these topics

10. Sample: France Information Friends Conversation Notice all parts
Think about your country’s perspective
Conversation
Different countries respond for these topics

11. Your Task: Color your flag in the big square
Fill in the “information” and “friends” boxes first
Star the conversation
Follow the topics
All flags must be colored correctly

12. The Future Allied Powers
The Future Axis Powers
The Future Allied Powers
Lend Lease?